Eyewitness memory

• Main Author: Nichols, Rebecca Michelle
• Other Authors: L. M. Bietti
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan Cham 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Witness Memory; Eyewitness Testimony; Eyewitness Identification
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170198
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Eyewitness testimony plays a crucial role in criminal and legal proceedings, but a well-established body of research demonstrates that it is unreliable. The extensively studied misinformation effect shows how post-event information can distort original memories, leading to false recollections of eve...